attitude control
In satellite communications the attitude control is the term used to describe the orientation of the satellite in relationship to the earth and the sun.
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(1) A characteristic. In a word processing application, an underlined word would be said to have the underline attribute. In database systems, a field can have various attributes. For example, if it contains numeric data, it has the numeric attribute. (2) In database management systems, the term attribute is sometimes used as a synonym for […]
- attribute-based programming
A programming model that allows flexibility in the behavior of a program not possible in traditional API call-based programming. Custom attributes add metadata to give classes extra information that extend the definition of a data type’s behavior. The attribute’s values are determined by programmers at design time, and can be reconfigured at runtime by users […]
- audio frequency
Abbreviated as AF, audio frequency represent the range of signals that are audible to the human ear. The range of audio frequencies is usually considered to be in the region between 20 and 20,000 hertz.
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The audio sampling rate is number of samples per second that are used to digitize a particular sound. Most digital video (DV) cameras can record at several audio sampling rates, where higher rates produce better results.
- audio scrubbing
The process of moving within an audio file or tape to locate a particular section. The term originally comes from the days of reel-to-reel players, when rocking a reel would give the impression of scrubbing tape across the head. Many audio scrub tools today allow the user to drag a cursor across the wave form […]